The Sage College’s department of athletics honored members of the varsity teams at the Athletic Awards Banquet. Rookie infielder and catcher Kristen Beikirch (Brockport), a member of the softball team at Sage, was named the recipient of the 2012 Rookie of the award.
Head coach Jamie Brown said of Beikirch, “She was an obvious choice for Rookie of the Year. Brown continued, “With her numbers, she has made a case for being one of the best players in our conference. And she will only get better as her career continues.”
In addition to earning Rookie of the Year honors as picked by Sage’s coaching staff, she was also tapped as the 2012 Skyline Conference All-Star First Team at second base. Her selections to the all-star team and as Rookie of the Year are both the first for a Sage’s softball player.
A multiple weekly award winner this spring, she set a Sage single-season hit record with her team-best 57 hits. She also leads the Gators with her .445 batting average in 41 games started. She has scored 36 runs and driven in another 29, while sporting a .641 slugging percentage. She also leads the Gators with her 16 to 18 effort on stolen bases. She hit successfully in 37 of Sage’s 41 games this year and tied together a 19-game hit streak mid-season as well as 19 games with a multiple-hit effort at the plate.
The Gators are currently 26-15 on the year after finishing the season as the Skyline Conference Runner-up and earning the No. 2 seed in the league’s tournament. Sage is among the teams in contention for the 2012 ECAC Division III Championship Tournament.
